The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-26
CITY NOTES.
GRAMMAR RHYME.


Are Articlss-a an or the.
,. A nouns the name of anything,
As school or garden, hoop or swing,
3. Adjectives tell the kind of Noun,
As great, small, pretty, white or
brown.
4. Instead of Nouns the Pronouns
stand
her head. his face, your arm, my
hand.
). Verbs tell of something To be done
To read, count, sing, jump, laugh or
run.
q. How things are done the AdverbS tell
As SLOWLY. quickly, i'll or we'll.
:. COnjunctions join the words together,
As the men or women, wind or
weather.
8. The Proposition stands before
\ Noun, AZ in or through a door.
O. I'll @ Interjection shows surprise,
As oh. how pretty-ah. how wise.
The whole are called Nine Parts Of
Speech,
Which reading, writing, speaking teach.
The pretty weather Is making business
somewhat better.
The revival at the Methodist Church
large congregatiC ms attend each service
The work of laying the mains for the
Water-works is progressing finely, and
they will be ready for water now in a
very short while.
Hicks < Sawyer's colored MINISTRIES
will he at the Opera House tonight, and
will no doubt attract large audience
Look out for their street parade to day
at noon.
lt is a subject of general remark that
Palatka is more orderly free disturbances
of all kinds this winter than for many
seasons past. Our people are beto cor graf
uIated on their good behavior.
Judge j. c. Vertrees is in Tennessee
selecting a car load of horses, which he
will bring down to sell in the PaIatka
market. He will bring down some fine
stock and will sell them at low prices
Mr.. Fred Sulzner yesterday gave us
an alligator. IL was not live gator.
nor very large one, but it was Ii neat
looking little fellow. 1t was carved from
an alligator tooth, and was the work of
Fred's own skillful hands.
VIM. Wright was fined 81 and costs
| in the Mayors court yesterday for con-
tempt of court. LOnzo johnson, for
using profane language on the streets,
was also fined 81 and costs. They will
work out their fines on the streets.
Messrs. f. r. Farrar & Co. have lust
received one of the largest lots of floor
| mating ever received in Palatka, which
should have arrived here two months
ago. The mating is direct from China.
and will be sold at low prices IN order
to get rid of it.
MIR. j. Nj. Bounds. manager of Higley
& Smiths orange packing house, will
get off another car load of fine fruit
this week. lie informs us that the prices
are getting somewhat better, and that
the markets are not so much glutted "a
a week or so ago.
Pat Cunneely's ia one of the most
pleasant places in the city to go and en-
Joy game of billiards. His billiard
room is large, and furnished with SPLEEN
did tables. We do not hesitate to rec
ommend his cigars. They are choice
Havanas, and fragrant.
Yesterday the J., t. & wv. Railway
forwarded ten solid car loads of oranges
! to the Northern markets. five of them
going direct to Boston. The slight rise
in prices is stimulating shipments right
along, but il growers are not careful they
may again glut the markets.
The Palatka market is better supplied
with first class meats this season than
ever before, ranging all the way from
the finest Chicago beef to Florida pork.
The fish markets furnish ythilg in
that line that one needs, and all are sold
little cheaper than last season.
4 day or two ago Mr.. Tom Duane was
monkey ing with a small dynamite car
fridge. when il exploded in his hands.
One finger of the left hand was badly
split, but the cartridge did No further
damage. Tom is now satisfied that dy-
Mantle will not do To monkey with.
Yesterday large number OF the
guests st the Saratoga went 10 Dunn's